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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What about Burmese culture enabled Aung San Suu Kyi to become the spokesperson for a democratic movement in Burma, according to Josef Silverstein?
(a) Burma is rooted in tradition.
(b) The Burmese like to support the underdog.
(c) Burma is a country rooted in Buddhist principles.
(d) Burma has an egalitarian culture.

2. In Suu Kyi's letter to the editor dated 14 April 1989, what do the Burmese people deserve?
(a) A government that is "responsive, representative, and responsible."
(b) A future that is "safe, hopeful, and enduring."
(c) A coutry that is "vibrant, stable, and economically sound."
(d) More than the leading party's "inefficiency, corruption, and misuse of power."

3. In her speech delivered at a pagoda in Myitkyina, Kachin State on April 27, 1989, what advice does Suu Kyi give to parents?
(a) To keep their children hidden so they will not be conscripted into the military.
(b) Teach children both justice and compassion.
(c) To plant the thoughts of democracy in their childrens' minds.
(d) To teach children to respect others' rights through thoughts and actions.

4. In Suu Kyi's speech on December 3, 1988, what does she say about democracy?
(a) Democracy is a gift one must nourish all of one's life.
(b) Everyone should exercise their rights to develop a healthy government system.
(c) To remain active in their pursuit of a multi-party system.
(d) To harness the power of healthy government.

5. In Ma Than E's essay, why did Suu Kyi leave London for Rangoon?
(a) She was homesick.
(b) Because of the political struggle.
(c) To be at her mother's bedside.
(d) She was called to lead the people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Suu Kyi's comments about the SLORC in an interview with Dominic Falder on AsiaWeek in July 1989?

2. In Josef Silverstein's essay, what does a shopkeeper say about comparing Suu Kyi to the government leaders after attending one of her rallies?

3. What did the Nobel Peace Prize committee commend Aung San Suu Kyi for?

4. What happened to Aung San Su Kyi's party in the election in May 1990?

5. In Suu Kyi's undated letter to the United Nations, she states that the policy of the NLD is to

Short Essay Questions

1. In a speech delivered at a pagoda in Myitkyina, Kachin State on April 27, 1989, what advice does Suu Kyi give for parents?

2. What is the parallel Suu Kyi draws between Burma's health and gaining democracy?

3. In Ma Than E's essay, what are her recollections about Aung San Suu Kyi' s childhood?

4. In Aung San Suu Kyi's letter to the editor she wrote on January 21, 1989, how does she describe her trip to Bassein on the Irrawaddy Delta?

5. In an undated letter to the United Nations, what does Aung San Suu Kyi state as the position of the National League for Democracy regarding confrontation?

6. What does Ma Than E write about Aung San Suu Kyi's return to Burma and the situation in the country at that time?

7. In an undated letter to the United Nations, what does Aung San Suu Kyi state as the policy of the National League for Democracy?

8. What was Josef Silverstein's response to how Aung San Suu Kyi could become the spokesperson for a democratic movement in a matter of weeks?

9. In an interview with Dominic Falder on AsiaWeek in July 1989 what are Suu Kyi's observations about the Burmese people?

10. In an interview with Dominic Falder on AsiaWeek in July 1989, what is Suu Kyi's response to the question what she thought would happen after the elections, if there were elections?

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